Priorities for projects.

To be eligible for consideration by the Board, any proposed water project must satisfy one or more of the following priorities: 1. Resolve or abate an emergency situation. 2. Provide for the best utilization of surface and ground waters. 3. Promote reclamation. 4. Provide storage. 5. Facilitate offstream storage. 6. Accomplish aquifer recharge. 7. Achieve the acquisition of a site for a reservoir or the protection of a site for a reservoir, or both. 8. Generate or develop benefits from the rehabilitation or modernization of existing facilities or projects. 9. Obtain significant economic, environmental and water conservation benefits directly from the project.